Here at The Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm we receive no subsidies at all, (we’re “too small” – everything is geared up to megascale, and mega capital investment) yet the current shortfall in our finances is just about £200 per year per household that we feed – less than the amount UK households pay towards EU subsidies!

The whole landscape may change post-Brexit, but we’re in the EU for another two years. And powerful lobby groups such as the NFU are going to demand more of the same from the UK government. Meanwhile, we’re slowly losing money…

Why don’t we charge our members more? Quite simply, we don’t want to restrict farm membership to people with lots of money. Some of our better off members do indeed support the farm beyond the veg share price, but quite a few members simply can’t afford to.

So please do pay us an “Ecological Farming Subsidy” today to help to redress the balance!